Powder box



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POWDER BOX Filed Aug. 2, 1959 1N VEN TOR. 1642/7: e/

ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 18, 1941 POWDER BOX Hans Goebel, Berlin-Reinickendorf, Germany, as-

signor to Sherka Chemical Co. Inc., Bloomfield, N. J., a corporation of New York Application August 2, 1939, Serial No. 287,863 In Germany August 4, 1938 f Claims.

'Ihe present invention is directed to powder boxes, more particularly devices which embody means for removing small portions of the contents thereof.

Various structures of this type were known in the prior art. In one such device there was danger of the loss of the lid and. also of a loss of powder through too great delivery. Another device was cumbersome and was dilcult to fabricate from pasteboard. In another arrangement, a rotatable top was provided, which had the disadvantage that the distributing opening became readily clogged. In most of the structures of the prior art no provision was made for convenient refilling of the container.

The present invention is intended and adapted to overcome the difliculties and disadvantages of the prior art, it being among the objects of this invention to provide a construction of powder box which is simple, inexpensive, reliable, and which when closed adequately prevents sifting of powder.

It is also among the objects of the present invention to provide a structure in which the cap is incapable of being lost or mislaid and which, when desired, may be removed for the purpose of relilling the box.

In the powder box made according to the present invention the holes are not located in the top or in the lid but at the side of the box and in fact in the neck, that is, in that part of the box which is covered by the lid in the closed position but on partial raising of the lid is freed. In this case complete removal of the lid from the box is prevented by a particular stop device located on the box. In order to close the holes it is suflicient to slide the lid back again into its original position. By this construction of the box only a single lid is necessary, the loss or dropping of the lid is prevented and a uniform and line distribution of the powder is rendered possible.

The stop device for the lid located on the box consists of a stud or press button, a small bent over metal plate or a flat metal hook or the like. Relling of the box is quite as simple as in many other known distributing boxes, and is accomplished by pressing back the metal hook or stop so that the lid can be drawn off it and taken off. The powder is then poured into the box, the lid put in place again and the stop readjusted.

In the accompanying drawing, constituting a part hereof, and in which like reference characters indicate like parts,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary, side elevational View of a powder box made in accordance with the present invention, the box being closed;

Fig. 2 is a vertical, cross-sectional view thereof showing the box in closed position;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. l, showing the box in open positionl and Fig. 4 is a vertical, cross-sectional view showing the lid removed from the box.

The round box I has a lid 2 which is provided with a lateral opening 3. A metal strip 4 has one end secured to the top of box I by rivet or stud 5. Said strip extends out through opening or slot 3 and is bent or doubled on itself so that the free end thereof lies flat against the outside of lid 2, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The bend of strip 4 is in such a position as to permit limited-relative movement of the lid. A series of distributing openings 6 are provided in the top of box I.

A strip of paper 'I is cemented over opening 3 and metal member 4 to normally conceal the same. When it is desired to rei-lll the box, paper I is torn olf, the free end of strip 4 is bent upwardly in the position shown in the lower portion of Fig. 4, and the lid is lifted off; The box is lled, the lid is replaced, the end of strip 4 is bent back, and the same or different piece of paper is cemented over the strip.

The powder box according to the invention can obviously have any other form, for example oval, rectangular, quadrangular, triangular or hexagonal and can consist of any material such as paste board, hard paper or fabric, metal sheets, artificial resin, plastic or ceramic masses, glass, Wood and so on. Advantageously for example it is an oval box with distributing holes on one of the small sides. Also the number of the distributing holes can be any desired number.

The powder box according to the invention is thus distinguished by an extremely simple method of manufacture and use.

In the manufacture neither screw threads springs, pins or grooves for movement of the lid are necessary. Both the upper edge of the box and also the lid consist in fact of the same smooth shaped material as the box itself.

By the present invention it has now become possible for the rst time to provide a box structure, including a simple stop member, in which the lid does not rotate and in which the lid may be caused to slide up and down within predetermined limits during the dispensing operation. If the box is to be refilled, the lid can be removed from the box.

'Ihe fact that the lid has these advantages and need not be rotated is of particular importance. For in the first place as is known, circular lids of large diameter are toe diiiicult to rotate, particularly when it is necessary to uncover small holes at a denite point in the movement of the lid; smaller rotatable lids required a shoulder at the upper edge to facilitate handling. Powder boxes with larger lids have the advantage that they can be more easily filled than those with smaller lids. For this reason the possibility of employing lids with large diameter is of particular value in the case oi the present invention.

In the second place the form of lid according to the present invention has the advantage that it is suitable not only for circular lids but inthe same way also for lids of various other forms, for example oval or angular lids. lids with distributing holes at the small sidehave definite advantages compared with other for-ms.`

What I claim is:

1. Powder box having a body and a lid covering a portion of` said body, said body having in said covered por-tion distributing holes-for powder and attached to said covered portion a metal strip passing through a lateral opening in said lid and being bent back thereby normally preventing said lid fromcomplete withdrawal While allowing withdrawal to theextent of uncovering said distributing holes.

2. Powder box having distributing Openings in the neck thereof anda removable cover for said openings, a stop member including a` flexible strip secured to said neck and contacting with said cover to allow limited movement of said cover sufficient to uncover said openings, and adapted to allow removal of said cover by manipulation of said stop member.

3. Powder boX having distributing openings-in theA neck thereof. and a removable cover for said In particular oval.

openings, a relatively long flat stop member having one end secured to said neck, an opening in said cover, the free end of said stop member projecting through said opening, said end being bent downwardly so that both ends of said stops are substantially parallel with a portion of said cover held between said ends, whereby a limited vertical movement of said cover is permitted and said cover may be removed by bending the free end of said stopl member upwardly.

4. Powder box having a body, a lid covering a portion of said body, said body having distributing holes for powder in said covered portion, and a stop device normally preventing said lid fromy complete withdrawal while allowing withf drawal to the extent of uncovering said holes, f said stopsdevice including a flexible strip secured? to one of said members and engaging the otherv member and-being capable of being temporarily placed out of action to allow of complete withdrawal of. the lid for the purpose of lling the boX.

5. Powder box having distributing openings in the neck thereof and a removable cover for said openings, arelatively long at stop member having one end secured to said neck, an opening in saidcover, the free endof said stop member projecting throughsaid opening, said end being bent downwardly so thatlboth ends of said stop are substantially parallel with ay portion of said cover held between said ends, removable means on said cover ion concealing said free end during normal operation of said cover, whereby a limited vertical movement of saidy cover is permitted by vsaid stop member and said cover may be removed by first, removing said concealingv means and then bending the free end of said stop member upwardly,

HANS GOEBEL. 

